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Energy TV Nominated for an AMPIA Award

March 30, 2009 - Energy TV is pleased to announce that it has been nominated for an AMPIA Award in the Best News Information Series category.  

The AMPIA (Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association) Awards honor the best of Alberta’s motion picture and TV industry. AMPIA winners receive the prestigious Rosie Awards.  

“Energy TV is proud to be nominated for such a prominent award, and it speaks to the quality of the programming we strive to produce”, says Helena DeVries, Energy TV’s Senior Producer/Host. “We thank everyone for their support.” 

The 2009 Alberta Film & Television Awards will be presented at a gala dinner and awards evening on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at the Northlands Agricom in Edmonton, Alberta.  

About Energy TV 

Energy-TV (www.energytv.com) is a half hour newsmagazine format television show that covers Canada’s energy industry including oil and gas as well as alternative energy. Each week, Senior Producer/Host Helena DeVries explores the issues affecting the industry and the impact it has on the local and global community.

 

 

 Energy-TV Awards winners honoured in style during the Global Petroleum Show

June 11, 2008: Hundreds of people from the nation’s energy sector joined the 2008 Energy-TV Awards at the Calgary Hyatt Regency on June 11 to honour the industry’s leaders. This innovative awards show enabled industry to nominate and vote for their “pick of the patch” through an internet based nomination and voting process.

This second annual Energy-TV Awards was hosted during the Global Petroleum Show (GPS) to capitalize on this massive event. “We strategically moved the 2008 Energy-TV Awards so they could be hosted during the world’s largest petroleum show,” says Neil Chandran, Energy-TV executive producer. The move worked and the event was sold out before GPS began.

An extensive multi-media campaign also resulted in intense voting for this year’s event, with totals reaching in the thousands for some nominees. “Industry has proven this awards showcase is an effective forum to showcase the innovations and the innovator in the energy sector,” added Shelly Brimble, co-executive producer of Energy-TV and the overall coordinator of the Energy-TV Awards.

A total of 25 awards honoured the icons of the energy sector including alternative energy products and products. Highlights of the evening included an Industry Legend Award that was presented in memory of Ron Bullen, founder of Canadian Fracmaster whose zest for life and international quest in the Former Soviet Union that opened new frontiers for Canada’s service and supply industry.

Another highlight during the event was the Alberta Solar Decathlon Project that won the Top Alternative Energy Project. A surprise announcement came from the presenters, Menova Energy, that they are donating the expensive solar panels for this project—on behalf of Energy-TV.
"We are proud to have Tim Montpetit, VP of Business Development for Menova Energy presents the Top Alternative Energy Project and make this major announcement,” says Helena Devries, co-host of Energy-TV and the Energy-TV Awards. “On behalf of Menova and Power Panel Inc, Energy TV is happy to announce their full sponsorship to the Alberta Solar Decathlon team, for the panel portion of the project."

The following is a complete list of all of the winners or the 2008 Energy-TV Awards:
2008 Energy-TV Award Winners
Top Junior Producer - Poplar Point Energy Inc.
Top Oil Sands Producer - Nexen Inc. & OPTI Canada – Long Lake Project
Top Unconventional Gas Producer- Ember Resources Inc.
Best Drilling Rig Contractor - Nabors Canada
Best Service Rig Contractor - Concord Well Servicing
Best Pipeline Service Company - Flexpipe Systems
Best Instrumentation Company - Synodon Inc.
Top Energy Efficient Product - EnerWorks Inc. – Solar Water Heating
Top Alternative Energy Project- Alberta Solar Decathlon Project
Environment – Carbon Reduction - Global Energy Services Ltd.
Top Technology – Drilling - Mostar Directional Technologies Inc.
Top Technology – IT - Acceleware Corp.
Leading Safety Organization - Visser Consulting Ltd.
Award of Merit for Field Safety - David L. Yager
Inspirational Industry Legend - In Memory of Ronald Bullen
Top Landman - Chris Hillebrand
Top Human Resources Initiative - Petroleum HR Council of Canada – www.careersinoilandgas.com
Top Industry Association - Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada
Top Educational Institute - Mount Royal College
Best Personal Donation - Ayaz Gulamhussein
Best Corporate Community Giving Program- ATCO Gas
Most Influential Author- David Finch – Pumped
Top Financial Institution- 32 Degrees Capital
Most Innovative Project - Deloitte – Producers’ Dilemma
Top Legal Firm - Thackray Burgess, Barristers & Solicitors

The entire awards event was filmed and will be broadcast as a one hour television special. Watch the broadcast of the 2008 Energy-TV Awards on: Global TV across Canada on June 28, 2008 from 11 a.m. to noon and on CityTV in Calgary and Edmonton on July 6, 2008 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

 

For more information please contact:
Shelly Brimble
Energy-TV Co-Executive Producer
Chandran Media
www.energy-tv.com
shellyb@chandranmedia.com
ph. 403-237-6422 ext.250 or 403-804-8605